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3 whole no 84s vol iv third sekie salisbury n.c october 3 1s72 pubi.isiikd weekly ' j j buuner proprie to i mnl eaiitor j j si ew a ut assi ciate e litor rates of si k ittll'tion one vi:.u payable in advance 2.50 six months " " 1-50 s copies to one address 10.00 i j 10xitexts p i tombs m head foot stones 0 john h bu!s rfl en pk its hi compliments to hi friends 1 and the public and in this method would bring to their attention bis extended facilities for meeting demands in his line of business â€” lie is now prepared lo famish all kinds of grave stones from the cheapest head sti to the co iiiuments thn e prefeiii g fa-tries and very costly worl - uol on hand can im accommodated on short time strictly in ac cordance with specifications drafts and the term of tin contrai t sal ti guaran teed lie will not be undersold xorth or boutin ordi . j address 7-,l john h buis salisbury r fca iwurphy - ! ha in again organized for , iu 1 ness have just opened a gr x a$'et stock of goods entirely new and fresh in the room formerly occupied as the hardware store and ne t door to bingham & â– o to lhe inspection nf which they most cor dially invite the public their emirs stock i i can fully selected by ihe senior tn in i .-.â€¢ i of ibe firm in person and bought at ; iiis which will enable them to sell as low for ' 1 sh as ahy house in the ' ity for goods of same quality 1 then stock is g'cheral embracing ill iln canons branches i dry goods ; /,'; -. crockery ware roots and shoes salt leather calf and diluting skins grain and grass scythes cap letter and note l'ij i r envelopes i : lxs ink fv and a beautiful assortment of jb ft **â– .>*â– ri it m ft - **, m g m & 5 ft v j *Â«Â». wiwi 4 â– Â£ vj . -Â»Â£ r*l ted t a hey feel assured of tl eir ability to i g c entire satisfaction and especially in ' vitc old iviends and customer to call and j bring with ihem their acquaintances they expeel and intend to maintain the j reputation of the i'm murphy honse which is well known throughout western ! north carolina all tbey ask is an ex amination of tbeir stock and the juices ' no trouble lo show good so come right along tluir motto small prnjits ready pay and quick sales with a g""d stock low price fair dealing and prompt attention ihey will endeavor to inerii their hue of the pub lie patronage thev arc iu the market lor al kind nf produce and solicit calls from both i hers and buyers p & a mbbphy robt murphy andrew murphy salisbury much 23 12 27:ly a m si i.i.ivan j p owant new opening ! ' pu - associated :' em l sell li in name â– â– :' a m sullivan co iraveoj r j l ne m-v bnild ' rst dour to the hardwaxe store : pleased i men old aud e.rw friends t : licent room â€” j tin in - townâ€”and a lnrgo cfc splciicllcl stuck of goods ctompuisixg .â– al assort t hard ware nc antee as â€¢ rood sold b anv house in tin sonth tin j â€¢â€¢ . â€¢ â€¢ . ivily tu groceries ry plod u i -*. b >. *: .* md selling and wish eitka rt<i buy er sell to call lem a m se ll i i'.\x \ co -:â– -â€¢ jfl-.tf s jÂ£k xl 3 -. | a â€¢ brick douse with 7 rooms and i - \ all necessary oui bouses situated in the m il arable part of town persons wishing â€¢*" : ' â– 'â– â– â– >-â– â€¢ i â– '- pi h tt this office from the sentinel the formal disavowal and ! repudiation of all vitia ted and fraudulent pub lic indebtedness now an imperative duty rating upon thk independent re presentat1ves of the peo ple in the ensuing gln eral assembly m'ssrs editors : â€” the conduct of lhe leaders ofthe radical republican party since the close of ihe war proves most clearly that they have no respect for jus lice or honesty or humanity or for the great principles of constitutional freedom in proof of these several propositions i would refer fiist to the fact which is well settled in our recent history that a very large proportion of nur old state bonds which had become fatally vitiated as against tbe new state through a voluntary transfer by their owners dm ing the progress and as a means in direct and ofthe late civil war were nevei thless for reasons now perfec ly apparent still unrecogniz d as valid againsl our impoverished tax payers by the late loyal constitutional conven tion secondly to the perfect consistency wiih this notable be-ruin exhibited bv the first and which mosi fortunately was the last radical general assembly in lee islaiion as to enable certain radically dishonest but still loil radical rings to rob the honest tax payers ofthe state ot at leasi six-ecu millions of dollars in ad dition to the above peculiarly sharp op eration thirdly to that insidious and vilain ous prov ision found in the so called constitution â€” to maintain the honor and the good faith of the slate untarnished the public debt regularly constracted be fore and since the rebellion shall remain inviolable and never be questioned â€” even lay the tax pavers and foul hlv to the infernal kuklux war which as waged by holden and pool there averments to the contrary not withstanding to repress or in other words to kuklux the spontaneous and uni versal promptings of the integrity aud pa triotism on the part ofthe honest yeoman r > ofthe state whose rights had bei n out raged as above stated â€” all of whi li when properly considered and fully understood cannot fail lo disclose lo every honest and unprejudiced mind the evidently precon certed purposes of the robber the usur per and lyrant as well as the concentrated impudence and duplicity of the old devil himself whenever he would assume for purposes ol his own to be a saintly patriot and consequently undertake to maintain lhe honor and good faith of the slate un tarnished or to protect through a direct violation of our fundamental law in the suspension of great writ of habeas corpus good honest abiding and loyal citizens iu the enjoyment of peace and quietude and regulated self government the loss of the constitutional amend ments and the probable election of aid well as governor constitutes therefore another triumph of the carpet baggers and other conspirators and swindlers who framed and fashioned our existing state government after lhe manner of i heir own hearts over honest and patriotic tax payeis of the state the question of ihe public debt conse quently presents the most important is sue to be met the next general assem bly the taxpayers who snpp rted the pro posed constitutional convention last year and who also voted tbe conservative ticket this summer still demand relief as a maiur of simple justice from all liabili ty to taxation in lhe future to meet interest i.n llie principal of all vitiated or fiaudu dent public indebtedness - they are as suredly entitled to this relief and the general assembly cannot possibly con tinue io postpone or evade the obligation to ex e ul it unless the party holding the ma jority are prepa ed surrender to the whole question to the bondholder's ring a;:d i bus to become parficeps cri minis wiih the parties in all ot tlie monstrous oppres sioii nd injustice meditated by ihem all oi which way stiil finally overtake tbe people should ( i lanll.-ill be susiaiiied with its policy of kuklux legislation and bayo net election bills wheh were evidently copied from our north carolina statutes ind which were enacted hen as is now well understood for the especial protec tion of carpet baggers and other loyal and official thieves iu extremity t he bondholders mortfiraee four con fctitulioii being nothing more affords an apt demonstration of the manner in which the honest taxpayers were to be ku klux ed according to i iw â€” under the prescrib ed oath to support the constitution all manner of chicanery and even downrigbi rascality perpatrated in connection with the regular y constituted pub ic debt is evidently intended to le tuii shielded and at tin same time made obligatory ueverthb ss against the taxpaj'ers aud taxation i.i the slate even tbe poor mnu's cow and calf is subjected ii shy lock precision under the same o.-iii t : r ugh the re uli d appropriate h -*â– .<â– laiion lo the sheriff summary levy and sabj without the slightest regard to th â– ut r rly unpolished condition oi the greai las oi the people the usual oath to support the constit ution however is only an additional safe guard to the legitimate purposes and s iiii of that compact between the people aud consequently cannot consistently tn s > con i need as to impel iut iigent and honest legislation to the spiritless tui formance of constitutional duties so called which are intrinsically absurd and treach erous if not treasonable in fact and which if regarded would result inevitably in the " i â€¢ total prostitution of the entire machinery ofthe slate govern ment to the exclusive personal use of gtock-robbers and public | plumle.es they have already secured an ; unscrupulous executive for four years perhaps and an exhausted judiciary tor six vears to come and to aid tlietu in their soul less devices the conservative party having bad contiol of lhe general assembly for the last two years have bought in good faith and by every possible expedient to set aside the boldliolders fraudulent lieu and to substitute in its straight forward north carolina constitution securing to llie tax payers an honest and cons qnently a cheap government with tin privilege to question as matter of right and without letor bindiauce aii public indebtedness as an essential prert quisite to their own se curity against all foul play on the pari of faithless and dishonest officials who alone could find any inducement to seek to deny or in any wise restrict such right but lhank god the representatives of the people who will siill control the leg islative branch of the state goverment have not exhaused their authority no man of sense however will expect them in view of our recent experience to repeat the etrorts made to am nd the constitution solong as any of iln couspir tors who came in wiih lhe llohlen and fool and li 1 1 it field dynasty are still occupying the highest positions under the stale govern ment then what is the remedy ? i still an swer emphatically repudiati.ni â€” there is now no alternative judicial legislation lhat stalking-horse of radical usurpation in north carolina having lepeah-d or in oilier words repudiah d all limitations lo taxation as formally established in tbe constitution by iln acceptance and rati fication uf the people to repudiate re pud atinii ( n in other language to vindi cate tax payers against legalized robber has therefore become an absoluted aud com manding necessity i may be met how ever with the objection that repudiation might injure tin party but i say unhesi tatingly since iain heartily tiled of such timidity in answer to ihe plainest de mands ol justice in belief uf ihe taxpayers ihal the partv has already become a most discreditable failure it this view of iis duly to the slate is to prevail any lotiger let the geneal assembly therefore immediately after b ing ingan zed for busi ness this winter proce d to appoint special committee composed of their most exper ienced and decided men and invest them with ample auiluiity '* o lake iln animal bv ihe horns and io question investi trate and note the history and character of every claim outstanding against the state and then lo classify them in accor ilence wiih tbe facts either as valid oraa vitiated and fraudulent and finally to or der the publication of iln report and classi fication as formal notification to all whom it may concern that the people oi north carolina will never be taxed by iln con servative pari 1 lo pay a single dune on account of anv claim which ii is been found to be fraudulent or vitiated this step is now absolutely necessary iu order lo maintain tin honor and good faith of the slate and io ensure a fair discrimination in favor nfkall honest clai mants and to pn-p re the wa for a final adjustment wiih iln in in conclusion being an old man and perhaps aisposed on that account but i trust nevertheless siill as an ardent and unselfish lover of my country to exer cise the privilege of counseling briefly the younger m inhere of the ce i r 1 a-sein idy who belong to m v own paity re member that your fathers had fallen un der lhe ban ol the tyrant party and are rapidly passing awaj â€” llien be vigilant â€” look welllo your own safety arrant con spirators are in your midst even within the sanctum sanctorum of official respon sibility and upon therefore devolves in a prominent degree the duty to support preserve protect and defend ' the en ovment of your birthright as freemen and to perpetuate its blessings unimpaired through tbe coming years io your children as heir inalienable i ini iiai.ee you must take cue at every step to demonstrate your u filtering fidelity to the people confoinj as may be particablc with ihe constitutional amendments im h in h-tter and spiiii since every oneol iln-in is designed to reduce tbe burdens now resting upon the oppressed i .*: x payers â€” begin the good v/oik by a prnupi reduc tion of your own per diem to three dollars and yonr milleage to ten cents this ac tion on your part will go very far to es tablish your reputation as true ai.d trust worth reformers follow these tiling up with an inflexible adberauce to the right and an uncompromising opposition to all partisan trickery and official extravagance and you cannot fail ultimately to secure the respect and the confidence ol the masses then stand by che people and thev will boon rally and stand by you and help you under the favor of providence to rescue aud save our free institutions siill the imp of the woi id a citizen of stokes si ptembei loib 1872 tiie dark day in nkw eng l a n 1 . on tbe 9th of ai iv 17s4 the inhabit ants of new england and the adjacent parts were the tn m li'-ir witnesses of h phenomenon never pe-en before nor since and which to thi il.w remains unexplain ed the year was eel lira led for its numerous auroral exhibitions in this lati tude thev covered the midnight heav ers with corrusc i ms of red and silver and streamed out like lightning poeming says one writer fairly to fli-h warmth in the face the winter preceding was marked by extraordinary severitv snow l,v on the ground from the middle of november to the middle of april in december and january a storm con tinned for seven successive div and the snow fell to the depth of four feet on a level in this single storm and with drif'.s eight and fen feet high sheep were buried in ! tin drifts for many ci\y and even men i and animals pf rished w ith the cold long ! island found was crossed by heavy artil , i lery on the ice nairaganaett b iy froze : over so hard that men traversed the ice j from providence to newport in skating parlies and from fall kiver to newport loads of wood were conveyed on the ice j through bristol ferry previous to the 19ih a vapor filled the j air for several clays there was a smell j of sulphur the morning of the 19th was overcast wiih some clouds and rain fell | over the couniry with lightning and ! thunder scarcely any motion was in the j air what wind tlu-ie was came from tbe i south-west by nine o'clock in the fore noon without previous warning the daik | ness stole gradually on with a luminous appearance near the borhtton as it the ob scuring cloud had drnn d down from overhead there was a yellowness ofthe atmosphere that made char silver assume a grass green hue then a dense undo finable vapor settled rapidly and without aerial movement over all the land and ocean from pennsylvania to lhe gulf of st lawrence the darkness it cau-ed ink â€¢ ing bv degree until the sunlight was effectually shut out ordinary cloud it was not the rapidity with which so j large an extent of country was enveloped precludes the possibility of supposing this ! i io have been a natural cloud moving lal rally be.-ides this the day was too j calm to imagine such a thing down j came the daikness thicker and thicker | by ten o'clock the air was loaded with a thick gb.om the heavens were tinged with a yellowish or faint red ; the lurid look increased few it any ordinary clouds were visible the sun iu disap pearing took on a brassy hue tbe lurid brassy color spread everywhere above and below the grass assumed tbe color of the sky and all out of doors wore a sickly wi-ird and raelanctioly aspect a dusky appearance as if seen through a smoked glass by eleven o'clock it was as night itself and from tbis time until three iu tbe afternoon tbe darkness was extraordinary and frightful the extent of the darkness was greater than is related of any other similar phe nomenon on record not excepting 1 in celebi a ed dark days over egypt and judea it reached south to the northern half of pennsylvania and from ti.euce alon the coast northeast to the wilds ol ! maine eastward to the gull of st law rence aud out at sea 2d miles southeast of boston and undoubtedly much further j wesi io the valleys of lake cham plaiu and ihe hudson river aud north into i undefined regions in canada pottlaud boston hartford new yoik west point and albany were affected by it but lhe degrees of darkness differed i-a different j places the deepest uighi settled over now | england a tract of land aud sea sou i miles io length and i'm miles in bread b embracing an area of 320,000 square miles was known to be covered by the cloud and so far as ran be ascertained Â» popu lation of 700,000 souls sa for a portion of the day and night in a gloom more or less profound and inexplicable jusl how dark the day was is attested bv indisputable evidence the hour and minute could not be discovered ou the face ofa clock or watch hy persons ot unim paired eyesight caudles became an absolute necessity both out of doors and in as i was impossible to transact ordi nary business with nit them fires on the | hearthstone shone as brightly as on a moonless november evening and all din ner tables were set with lighted candles upon them as if it were the evening repast j the keenest eyes in doors could not see to read i lie common print so far beyond any ordinary fug was the effect that stages on the road either pur up at tbe nearest â– hotel during the mid-day hours or carried candles or lanterns lo enable the perplex ed driver to well see his way and the brute and feathered crealion seemed puzzled and agitated 1 he birds , ceased to fly and bid themselves in the : branches of the trees as the darkness i increased liny sing their evening songs â€¢ as ihey do al twilight and then became silent pigeons on ihe wi:ig took to the belter of iln forest as ihey do ar m'trht tbe whippo-w ill as if ii were truly night cheerfully sang his sn through tlic gloomy hours wood cocks which are , night birds whistled as they only do in * the night lime bits cum out of their hi(iiu*r places and flew about the fowls j marched solemnly to their roosts as they : do only at nightfall and atiei cackling 1 for i while ovei the mystery of so short i a day became still cocks crowed as is their custom at nightly intervals and tbe ! early breaking ot day frogs piped their evening concert aud dogs whined or howled and ran away as on the approach j of au earthquake the herds of cai tie on ! new england's thousand hills sought fhe shelter of the or barnyard low ing as ; ihey came lo iln gate and beep huddled iround lhe circle wiih their heads turned inward â€” ihe invariable token of appre â– bended danger on the human family the effect was j siill more curious and terrifying the mechanic hit bis tools iu the shop the tanner his plow in the furrow and each moved in silent and in irveling mood to | wards the barn or dwelling on the home threshold they were met by paie and an xious women who tremblingly inquired j whal is coming ?" theala med traveler , seeking the sympathy ofhis fellow man as one impressed with a sense of impend ing peril put up at tbe nearest house and mingled bis anxious questionings aud ' forebodings w iih those ofthe family â€” ; strong men met and spoke with surprise j on their countenances and little children j peered timidly into lhe deepening gloom i and then sought tbe sheltering parental j arms schools broki up in afright and i the wondering pupils scampered home ward with many expressions of childish ' e ar the inevitable candle shone out of t tbe windows of all dwellings every countenance gathered blackness all hearts were filled with fear of an approach ing unparalleled storm or the occurrence of a terrestial convulsion ; but it was not the blackness of the siorm cloud such as sometimes wiih a frightful airitatkm breaks over a single city ; it was the silent spreading of ihe pall cloth over the eaith by strong invisible hands many anec dotes of terror are rebiled in boston from the hours of eleven or one till three o'clock business was generally suspended and shops were closed at grmon a court was in session in a meeting house full of barge windows as was tin old style of houses of worship but at halt past eleven aii faces beg.ua to wear a sombre hue whereupon magistrate and people followed suit with new england and called for lighted candles connecticut went totally under the cio-ul the jour nal ol her house of representatives puts on record the fact that none could see to read or write in the hous or even at a window or distinguish persona at a small distance or perceive any distinction ot dress c in ihe circle of attendants therefore at eleven o'clock adjourned th house till two o'clock afternoon amid the deepening gloom lhat wrapp-d about the city darkened the rooms of lhe state house and set the lawgivers trembling wiih apprehension that tin day of judg ment was at baud when the motion id adjournment was made col abrara d.tvi nport afterward judge of stamford conn aud state councilor in the legis lative ch mber at haitford said i am against the at j urn ment either the day of judgment i at baud or it is not li it is not there is no cause lor adjournment if it is 1 wish to be found in the line of my duly i wish candles ta be brought the darkness of the day having been succeeded an hour or two before evening bv a partially clear sky and the shining of the sun still obscured by the black and vapory imst this interval with greater density thai rendered the first hill ofthe night hideously dark beyond all former experience of probably a million of people who saw it ana from the new york sun extraordinary cases there is a charge of murder pending in the london courts against a man or permuting himself to he shot the cir cumstances ofthe case are extraordinary in all re.-pects two young german jren tleuien ol respectable family visited lou don aud iu four days man aged to expen i the sum of 82 000 in the pursuit of pleas ure at the end of thai lime having ex hausted their money ihey came to the conclusion that there was nothing left to them worth living tor and agreed to die together a few lines ot farewell were written to some giils who bad assisted h their revelries after which they locked i heir door and stripped themselves or death one of the y.mng men i a tied paul mav stood up and the oilier sh..i him through the breast as may fell to the floor bis companion finished bis work bv shooting himself through the heart 1 1 so happened ihal may was not mortally wounded bill is in a fairway of recovery and when he is convalescent be is to be taken before the authorities to stand bis trial tor wilfully murdering thi companion who shot him in accordance with the verdict rendered by the coroner's jnn which investigated his case a in england where two pel sons mutually agree to com mit suicide together and only one dies the survivor is held guilty ofthe murder of the one who died some of the great est english judges have ruled that such is the law the last trial of this kmd occurred in the old bailey in 1838 when benjamin allison was indicted for the wilful murder of emma cripps a woman with whom be had been living the two had agreed to commit suicide t gether aud drank three parts of a cup of lauda num each the luge quantity produced vomiting in lhe mm and be survived â€” these tacts were proven iiii the trial and the man was convicted of murdering he woman aud sentenced to death from the new york world an extraordinary case of monomania is related iu a french exchange a well dressed educated gentleman recently ap peared before a magistrate and gave the olowiiig account ol himself my name is l . i am a teacher in a college of the depart ment of gers and have c um to pass the vacation iu my native town 1 come to ask you to be good enough to put me in some asylum until i can ovei come a dangerous monomania .*Â« liieli pos sesses me i am not mad but am simply seized with au irresistible desire tostrangle a child during tbe long nights as i lay sleeplessly in lie dorm toy of our college listening to the breathing of the scholars confided to my care 1 have felt the mosi extraordinauy sensations often have i got up and gone towards lhe bed of one of the boys with the full iuteulion of strangling bim to death but at tl e ino it ~ ment lhat i was about to seize him by tin neck i have succeeded by appealing o my rea-on and all the resources of my ni an in avoiding lhe committal of crime j happily managed lo ward off tbe dread ful impulse until vocation came bui lu ll.iy 1 feel that 1 can no longer resist even iu coining here to you i carcl iliy avoided meeting any child for bad ! done so 1 must have killed it al this mo ment a boy of fourteen years happened to be brought before the magistrate to an swer some charge against bim at th sight f the boy a mad glare seemed to dart from the eyes of the monomaniac as he rushed forward to seize him and was only prevented by the officers of the law the magistrate immediately sent the un fortunate man to a lunatic asylum that is the only one we havj hearj of in north carolina senator schurz vindicated : the panhrana ol h admiuisiration not long since invented a charge against seuaiur chutx tn the iff ct that a few years ago he fraudulently covey ed lands to . certain parties in waiertown u isconsin where in ti i m rly resided ihey areul so far as to say that be would in-ver dare again to show bis face in that town \\ eii senator schniz not only visited a'atertowl ihe other day bin he spoke there and his recepiiain was an ovation 1 liere were large delegations from adjt ceiat cities and tow ns and the streets w ere j â€¢_. ous with bauuers and resounded wiih the music of bauds aud the acclama tions of tin pea pie a dispatch says : the procession filed under an archway : of evergreens span ing lhe streets aud between houses draped witli flags and adorned with leafy garlands at the pi b ; be square wen gii/hcr ! 5 000 men and i women who welciued the speaker with cheer after cheer mr schuiz began his address with the remark lhat h â– is greatly pleased aud felt amply j tsl :: <: by tlie cordial welcaame of bis townsmen he bad read at ml l uis a statement thai il would o"l be sate for lem to slii.w h :.: self neforc his hearers derisive laogbiei ] he llien spoke al leiigili on tha ., . ical i-.-iies of i le day discussing he ij .â€¢ .-;; ms of ainuesly for lhe s aii carpÂ«-t-h-ij ahnses,(jivil service the con uptiam of the | admiuistmtioii party lhe san 1 imiiigai j.iii the s ile of arms to i!u pre ch and ! tbe use ol revenue officers i political ; purposes kniil roth followed iu a forcible and convinciii-r speech w h ti the audience ! agaiu gathered around the seual 1 to re i vive acquaintanceship it is proper to say thai geueral schurz ! has had lhe charge raced up and i a de ! moustrated i;s otter ialsiiy the t'i â– : tribune of tuesday last published a i complete aud conclusive refutation of il ; his reception at watertown was bowever ] vindication enough <^. what democrats expect i f mr grekley hon horatio seymour addressed a great n**i ting of the people at i ncid i n j y last thursday lu the coarse of bis peech he said ; as the democracy hive made great sacrifices it is not ungenerous to expect ( the republicans to do likewise we have i accepted a man as our leader who ha.-ai ! ways been bitterly opposed io as we have met the liberal republicans more ! tli at hail way meet us one quarter xieat applause cries of we will ic grant m>-n a-k us how we con stand i'leelev !â€¢ u i i.i r ye ar ? i lev hive wor shipped bim fiar 30 years we a i m â– - ci is do not ask a republican to abandon any nf bis principles nor do we off.*r to change ours we want a ew order ol things we only ask mr gireeley when he goes to washington that lie how as lhe b oks applause 1 do nol want an exposure tor vindictive purposes ; but on ly tor direction in the failure yums edto say thai ihere waa something wrong in new york and you were right s i we say there is something wrong -..: wash ington and and we demand to .-<â– ;â– tbe books if this great reform movement shall resull in laying bare all the conup lion and wrong of ihe present adminis tration so ihal the morals ot the nation shall be improved i ask again that as libei ils we in et upon common ground ! if there is a waste n will ie co rected and the integrity ofthe rising generation secured gen gordon's speech at louisville the louieville courier journal says : we thank the gallant and gitted geueral gordon of georgia l<>r the way in v inch he disposed in in speech last \\ edues diy l the pitiful aitempi t the stay-at iiome li.uib'ius to ilis.il ct former caÂ»n ieuei'ate soldi rs on account of the clause in tin l beral democratic plailorm refer ring in terms ol compliment to lhe i ui u soldiers sni geo goidou ; something has been said about thr pla.ik n lliu plail rm about doing b mor to the federal soldiers i aiming others in iln south hive been taunted with il iu georgia by some ol my btragbt-oui trieml wii if n recollection serves me right were not very rebellious durinjrthe war tbey say my blood must have curdled in my veins after consenting to support a candidate standing upon that pla.forni as 1 pissed bv the bat lie fields of virginia where my cotnrads lay buried now 1 have go this to say about thai : i am ready t'i honor any man who battles iu auy cause from a sense of duty 1 am ready lhat lhe north should pile to the very clouds their monumental blocks of granite to their brave soldiers and 1 claim that tbe higher they pile them lhe greater iri bate they pay to the brave men who held them in cluck lor foui years i utter a si-utimeut to-day which i would gladly utii-r in famuli hall boston and my speech i know would find au ech i in the heail of haucock au 1 all true men w hu toiighl on the ether side gordon gave expression ; o ihe senti ment of every true ex-confederate soldier death from lead pipe mr cut o.-good formerly proprietor of the sum init lliu-e in afhol died list week at salem missouri hi death resulted from the use of watter drawn through new bad pipe about two yt-.iis since this poison firrt showed itself al the tip of bis fingers gradually working into his arms aud in ... thence iniri bis heart resulting in his death sl louis hep iblican in pentenciug john g tffney of buffalo to be banged or murder the presiding oui-'e said yon are the victim of the 1 cowardly practice of carrying arms excellent criticism the new york world make the fol 1 lowing admirable criticism npon mr greeley's speeches that is alike felicitous uid just : thus fir they have been excellent aid ! pei haps i is not over praise to say ad i min-ble brief when the occasion calls i fur brevity ; longer when the occasion j jusiiti.-s mere full ess but never prolix or tedious ; perpetually varied according lo the audience simple spontaneous uu studia-d but tin . ff hand utterances of a ' m in of stable earnest civictious free ! from invective or any approach to dis courtesy and suffused with the healing i spirit of n naiiim.o.-.s p*:rin*.ism which : st ems to how as from an inexhaustible | fountain these ever ready aid always pertinent speeches wid r ';-- m . greeley i in the a siiuiiti-.u ol i - - ' *- v [ it tbey should have uo ... -'. a piomuliug s it another kadi al thief â€” 5*juo,uu!j stolen < ae of grant's officers iu the sub-trea surv in new ymk absconded 1 few daya o carrying ff two hundred ibousand iid ftln people's money when th di falcation or thelt was first announced it was bitterly denied by some of rant's l'i lsiiry â€¢ facials bul they lave at last been fairced to admit that a deficit of quite s200.th)l.i lias com lo light in the stamp accamnl ot i i johnson â€” the distinguish ed radical thief johnson hi cleared nut and the people have been left to foot | the bill this is another specimen of ran civil service reform and affords ! another strung argument in kadical â– mouths bu bis re-election we do hope hones men of al parties will now come i to the front hurl such men from power and inaugurate a reform with honest ho race greeley at its head â€” gvlhboro hessenger a petrified bab â€” a petrified baby has been exhumed from a chicago ccme i lery the 1 imi s report says : all save j ihe mother ol the little infant stood upon j ir but she bi came nearly frantic with x , citi mi ul frem the tiis moment that the b eiv wu9 exposi il to i w si â€¢ had en 'â– deavored lo take it from thee fi i crying , bittetly and wildly insisting npon taking it with lur to her home her husban held her back and would not allow ber io remove it the mother seemed nearly ; distracted with grief at the thought of its being re-intered it looked so natural and b antiful so like the baby that bhe had placed iu the grave ten years ag lhat ii bronght np all lor sorrow afret-h as ii he was but now laying tbe loved darling in lhe earth the body was re m ivi .!, with othi rs which the family ha come there to exhume to graceland and reburied the family in swedes and it was learned resul t -'. rt distance out of the city the child so remarkably pre served had beeu buried for mora than len year amos t akerm n â€” the baltimore gazette in an editorial on the decadence of ibe federal judiciary under republi can rub i bus speaks of akerman : the firsl lapse fiom the high standard which has heretofore regulated selection for this high - fsce * attorney-general whs uh-ii amos t akerman was disinterred in georgia aud brought (â€¢â€¢ washington so gross was the enrol if choice here that issnuiitio it to i tve been accidental tbe judges ofthe supreme t'liurt remonetw ted wiih the presidi t â€” a thing wi:hoe .,â– .- -. .; i â– -. ,., . ; : ; r opiah ion that th â– â€¢ * --- were not * aft in the bands of a - 2*gi ition a Â» hich tin prenid i nti '*, bnl finding bis attorney useful in sup-ii intei c ing tbe detective service in sooth and north carolina retained him at last the and â– ! became so great lhat akerman wa delegated to original insignificance and the present incumbenl wa substituted there was at oi.ee a sense of relief l --:*:â€¢- ! :: i poveett â€” s argent the united states senator elect from califor nia visit d philadelphia twenty five yeare ag > in gi ' â€¢â€¢-. irk as a jonrn \ man printer ; an ! failed ; l ub im the millionaire who has b en " â– both h mses a congress au4 governor of the state began life very ; poor broderirk was in new york a bow ! e;v bov in 1847 and tbe railroad kingej mosi of them began life as low dowu a the little bohemians at our corner the ons ofthe rich the educated darlinga ol lhe great families are nowhere all their jrjlt were so many fatal temptations and ihey themselves are forgotten like bed i copies of good pictures it i the rough brake that virtue must ro through â€” colonel forney's aae /â– .'- sof pumkmm â€” an industrious colored man john : (' irner residing m ir goi ishnro desiree | iufnrmaiii n about his son who was sold iin k nan ill at some time during the ui ter of i'-avi to a trailer named mr mccarther tbe said boy when - â€¢ w-a i very likely sprightly lad and i about seven \ ears old t a mu'att i ; Â» ! pb x : i-*i and answered to lhe name of al bert korii r gay address in formation eeer cerniiig this rn liter to bu i r'ad*\i an messenger mortal /â– * among negroes â€” the satis tics of charleston show that tase death among the negroes greatly exceed these among the whites in 1871 415 negrt children died and but 191 white cbildrÂ«tu i tbe negro population is one-twelfth yrreal er iban the white under ihe bla-ssi-j-r nf radicalism the negro is bound to dia appear as certainly as he indian â– â€¢*.â€¢ ' i ; d ue

3 whole no 84s vol iv third sekie salisbury n.c october 3 1s72 pubi.isiikd weekly ' j j buuner proprie to i mnl eaiitor j j si ew a ut assi ciate e litor rates of si k ittll'tion one vi:.u payable in advance 2.50 six months " " 1-50 s copies to one address 10.00 i j 10xitexts p i tombs m head foot stones 0 john h bu!s rfl en pk its hi compliments to hi friends 1 and the public and in this method would bring to their attention bis extended facilities for meeting demands in his line of business â€” lie is now prepared lo famish all kinds of grave stones from the cheapest head sti to the co iiiuments thn e prefeiii g fa-tries and very costly worl - uol on hand can im accommodated on short time strictly in ac cordance with specifications drafts and the term of tin contrai t sal ti guaran teed lie will not be undersold xorth or boutin ordi . j address 7-,l john h buis salisbury r fca iwurphy - ! ha in again organized for , iu 1 ness have just opened a gr x a$'et stock of goods entirely new and fresh in the room formerly occupied as the hardware store and ne t door to bingham & â– o to lhe inspection nf which they most cor dially invite the public their emirs stock i i can fully selected by ihe senior tn in i .-.â€¢ i of ibe firm in person and bought at ; iiis which will enable them to sell as low for ' 1 sh as ahy house in the ' ity for goods of same quality 1 then stock is g'cheral embracing ill iln canons branches i dry goods ; /,'; -. crockery ware roots and shoes salt leather calf and diluting skins grain and grass scythes cap letter and note l'ij i r envelopes i : lxs ink fv and a beautiful assortment of jb ft **â– .>*â– ri it m ft - **, m g m & 5 ft v j *Â«Â». wiwi 4 â– Â£ vj . -Â»Â£ r*l ted t a hey feel assured of tl eir ability to i g c entire satisfaction and especially in ' vitc old iviends and customer to call and j bring with ihem their acquaintances they expeel and intend to maintain the j reputation of the i'm murphy honse which is well known throughout western ! north carolina all tbey ask is an ex amination of tbeir stock and the juices ' no trouble lo show good so come right along tluir motto small prnjits ready pay and quick sales with a g""d stock low price fair dealing and prompt attention ihey will endeavor to inerii their hue of the pub lie patronage thev arc iu the market lor al kind nf produce and solicit calls from both i hers and buyers p & a mbbphy robt murphy andrew murphy salisbury much 23 12 27:ly a m si i.i.ivan j p owant new opening ! ' pu - associated :' em l sell li in name â– â– :' a m sullivan co iraveoj r j l ne m-v bnild ' rst dour to the hardwaxe store : pleased i men old aud e.rw friends t : licent room â€” j tin in - townâ€”and a lnrgo cfc splciicllcl stuck of goods ctompuisixg .â– al assort t hard ware nc antee as â€¢ rood sold b anv house in tin sonth tin j â€¢â€¢ . â€¢ â€¢ . ivily tu groceries ry plod u i -*. b >. *: .* md selling and wish eitka rt-â– â€¢ i â– '- pi h tt this office from the sentinel the formal disavowal and ! repudiation of all vitia ted and fraudulent pub lic indebtedness now an imperative duty rating upon thk independent re presentat1ves of the peo ple in the ensuing gln eral assembly m'ssrs editors : â€” the conduct of lhe leaders ofthe radical republican party since the close of ihe war proves most clearly that they have no respect for jus lice or honesty or humanity or for the great principles of constitutional freedom in proof of these several propositions i would refer fiist to the fact which is well settled in our recent history that a very large proportion of nur old state bonds which had become fatally vitiated as against tbe new state through a voluntary transfer by their owners dm ing the progress and as a means in direct and ofthe late civil war were nevei thless for reasons now perfec ly apparent still unrecogniz d as valid againsl our impoverished tax payers by the late loyal constitutional conven tion secondly to the perfect consistency wiih this notable be-ruin exhibited bv the first and which mosi fortunately was the last radical general assembly in lee islaiion as to enable certain radically dishonest but still loil radical rings to rob the honest tax payers ofthe state ot at leasi six-ecu millions of dollars in ad dition to the above peculiarly sharp op eration thirdly to that insidious and vilain ous prov ision found in the so called constitution â€” to maintain the honor and the good faith of the slate untarnished the public debt regularly constracted be fore and since the rebellion shall remain inviolable and never be questioned â€” even lay the tax pavers and foul hlv to the infernal kuklux war which as waged by holden and pool there averments to the contrary not withstanding to repress or in other words to kuklux the spontaneous and uni versal promptings of the integrity aud pa triotism on the part ofthe honest yeoman r > ofthe state whose rights had bei n out raged as above stated â€” all of whi li when properly considered and fully understood cannot fail lo disclose lo every honest and unprejudiced mind the evidently precon certed purposes of the robber the usur per and lyrant as well as the concentrated impudence and duplicity of the old devil himself whenever he would assume for purposes ol his own to be a saintly patriot and consequently undertake to maintain lhe honor and good faith of the slate un tarnished or to protect through a direct violation of our fundamental law in the suspension of great writ of habeas corpus good honest abiding and loyal citizens iu the enjoyment of peace and quietude and regulated self government the loss of the constitutional amend ments and the probable election of aid well as governor constitutes therefore another triumph of the carpet baggers and other conspirators and swindlers who framed and fashioned our existing state government after lhe manner of i heir own hearts over honest and patriotic tax payeis of the state the question of ihe public debt conse quently presents the most important is sue to be met the next general assem bly the taxpayers who snpp rted the pro posed constitutional convention last year and who also voted tbe conservative ticket this summer still demand relief as a maiur of simple justice from all liabili ty to taxation in lhe future to meet interest i.n llie principal of all vitiated or fiaudu dent public indebtedness - they are as suredly entitled to this relief and the general assembly cannot possibly con tinue io postpone or evade the obligation to ex e ul it unless the party holding the ma jority are prepa ed surrender to the whole question to the bondholder's ring a;:d i bus to become parficeps cri minis wiih the parties in all ot tlie monstrous oppres sioii nd injustice meditated by ihem all oi which way stiil finally overtake tbe people should ( i lanll.-ill be susiaiiied with its policy of kuklux legislation and bayo net election bills wheh were evidently copied from our north carolina statutes ind which were enacted hen as is now well understood for the especial protec tion of carpet baggers and other loyal and official thieves iu extremity t he bondholders mortfiraee four con fctitulioii being nothing more affords an apt demonstration of the manner in which the honest taxpayers were to be ku klux ed according to i iw â€” under the prescrib ed oath to support the constitution all manner of chicanery and even downrigbi rascality perpatrated in connection with the regular y constituted pub ic debt is evidently intended to le tuii shielded and at tin same time made obligatory ueverthb ss against the taxpaj'ers aud taxation i.i the slate even tbe poor mnu's cow and calf is subjected ii shy lock precision under the same o.-iii t : r ugh the re uli d appropriate h -*â– . con i need as to impel iut iigent and honest legislation to the spiritless tui formance of constitutional duties so called which are intrinsically absurd and treach erous if not treasonable in fact and which if regarded would result inevitably in the " i â€¢ total prostitution of the entire machinery ofthe slate govern ment to the exclusive personal use of gtock-robbers and public | plumle.es they have already secured an ; unscrupulous executive for four years perhaps and an exhausted judiciary tor six vears to come and to aid tlietu in their soul less devices the conservative party having bad contiol of lhe general assembly for the last two years have bought in good faith and by every possible expedient to set aside the boldliolders fraudulent lieu and to substitute in its straight forward north carolina constitution securing to llie tax payers an honest and cons qnently a cheap government with tin privilege to question as matter of right and without letor bindiauce aii public indebtedness as an essential prert quisite to their own se curity against all foul play on the pari of faithless and dishonest officials who alone could find any inducement to seek to deny or in any wise restrict such right but lhank god the representatives of the people who will siill control the leg islative branch of the state goverment have not exhaused their authority no man of sense however will expect them in view of our recent experience to repeat the etrorts made to am nd the constitution solong as any of iln couspir tors who came in wiih lhe llohlen and fool and li 1 1 it field dynasty are still occupying the highest positions under the stale govern ment then what is the remedy ? i still an swer emphatically repudiati.ni â€” there is now no alternative judicial legislation lhat stalking-horse of radical usurpation in north carolina having lepeah-d or in oilier words repudiah d all limitations lo taxation as formally established in tbe constitution by iln acceptance and rati fication uf the people to repudiate re pud atinii ( n in other language to vindi cate tax payers against legalized robber has therefore become an absoluted aud com manding necessity i may be met how ever with the objection that repudiation might injure tin party but i say unhesi tatingly since iain heartily tiled of such timidity in answer to ihe plainest de mands ol justice in belief uf ihe taxpayers ihal the partv has already become a most discreditable failure it this view of iis duly to the slate is to prevail any lotiger let the geneal assembly therefore immediately after b ing ingan zed for busi ness this winter proce d to appoint special committee composed of their most exper ienced and decided men and invest them with ample auiluiity '* o lake iln animal bv ihe horns and io question investi trate and note the history and character of every claim outstanding against the state and then lo classify them in accor ilence wiih tbe facts either as valid oraa vitiated and fraudulent and finally to or der the publication of iln report and classi fication as formal notification to all whom it may concern that the people oi north carolina will never be taxed by iln con servative pari 1 lo pay a single dune on account of anv claim which ii is been found to be fraudulent or vitiated this step is now absolutely necessary iu order lo maintain tin honor and good faith of the slate and io ensure a fair discrimination in favor nfkall honest clai mants and to pn-p re the wa for a final adjustment wiih iln in in conclusion being an old man and perhaps aisposed on that account but i trust nevertheless siill as an ardent and unselfish lover of my country to exer cise the privilege of counseling briefly the younger m inhere of the ce i r 1 a-sein idy who belong to m v own paity re member that your fathers had fallen un der lhe ban ol the tyrant party and are rapidly passing awaj â€” llien be vigilant â€” look welllo your own safety arrant con spirators are in your midst even within the sanctum sanctorum of official respon sibility and upon therefore devolves in a prominent degree the duty to support preserve protect and defend ' the en ovment of your birthright as freemen and to perpetuate its blessings unimpaired through tbe coming years io your children as heir inalienable i ini iiai.ee you must take cue at every step to demonstrate your u filtering fidelity to the people confoinj as may be particablc with ihe constitutional amendments im h in h-tter and spiiii since every oneol iln-in is designed to reduce tbe burdens now resting upon the oppressed i .*: x payers â€” begin the good v/oik by a prnupi reduc tion of your own per diem to three dollars and yonr milleage to ten cents this ac tion on your part will go very far to es tablish your reputation as true ai.d trust worth reformers follow these tiling up with an inflexible adberauce to the right and an uncompromising opposition to all partisan trickery and official extravagance and you cannot fail ultimately to secure the respect and the confidence ol the masses then stand by che people and thev will boon rally and stand by you and help you under the favor of providence to rescue aud save our free institutions siill the imp of the woi id a citizen of stokes si ptembei loib 1872 tiie dark day in nkw eng l a n 1 . on tbe 9th of ai iv 17s4 the inhabit ants of new england and the adjacent parts were the tn m li'-ir witnesses of h phenomenon never pe-en before nor since and which to thi il.w remains unexplain ed the year was eel lira led for its numerous auroral exhibitions in this lati tude thev covered the midnight heav ers with corrusc i ms of red and silver and streamed out like lightning poeming says one writer fairly to fli-h warmth in the face the winter preceding was marked by extraordinary severitv snow l,v on the ground from the middle of november to the middle of april in december and january a storm con tinned for seven successive div and the snow fell to the depth of four feet on a level in this single storm and with drif'.s eight and fen feet high sheep were buried in ! tin drifts for many ci\y and even men i and animals pf rished w ith the cold long ! island found was crossed by heavy artil , i lery on the ice nairaganaett b iy froze : over so hard that men traversed the ice j from providence to newport in skating parlies and from fall kiver to newport loads of wood were conveyed on the ice j through bristol ferry previous to the 19ih a vapor filled the j air for several clays there was a smell j of sulphur the morning of the 19th was overcast wiih some clouds and rain fell | over the couniry with lightning and ! thunder scarcely any motion was in the j air what wind tlu-ie was came from tbe i south-west by nine o'clock in the fore noon without previous warning the daik | ness stole gradually on with a luminous appearance near the borhtton as it the ob scuring cloud had drnn d down from overhead there was a yellowness ofthe atmosphere that made char silver assume a grass green hue then a dense undo finable vapor settled rapidly and without aerial movement over all the land and ocean from pennsylvania to lhe gulf of st lawrence the darkness it cau-ed ink â€¢ ing bv degree until the sunlight was effectually shut out ordinary cloud it was not the rapidity with which so j large an extent of country was enveloped precludes the possibility of supposing this ! i io have been a natural cloud moving lal rally be.-ides this the day was too j calm to imagine such a thing down j came the daikness thicker and thicker | by ten o'clock the air was loaded with a thick gb.om the heavens were tinged with a yellowish or faint red ; the lurid look increased few it any ordinary clouds were visible the sun iu disap pearing took on a brassy hue tbe lurid brassy color spread everywhere above and below the grass assumed tbe color of the sky and all out of doors wore a sickly wi-ird and raelanctioly aspect a dusky appearance as if seen through a smoked glass by eleven o'clock it was as night itself and from tbis time until three iu tbe afternoon tbe darkness was extraordinary and frightful the extent of the darkness was greater than is related of any other similar phe nomenon on record not excepting 1 in celebi a ed dark days over egypt and judea it reached south to the northern half of pennsylvania and from ti.euce alon the coast northeast to the wilds ol ! maine eastward to the gull of st law rence aud out at sea 2d miles southeast of boston and undoubtedly much further j wesi io the valleys of lake cham plaiu and ihe hudson river aud north into i undefined regions in canada pottlaud boston hartford new yoik west point and albany were affected by it but lhe degrees of darkness differed i-a different j places the deepest uighi settled over now | england a tract of land aud sea sou i miles io length and i'm miles in bread b embracing an area of 320,000 square miles was known to be covered by the cloud and so far as ran be ascertained Â» popu lation of 700,000 souls sa for a portion of the day and night in a gloom more or less profound and inexplicable jusl how dark the day was is attested bv indisputable evidence the hour and minute could not be discovered ou the face ofa clock or watch hy persons ot unim paired eyesight caudles became an absolute necessity both out of doors and in as i was impossible to transact ordi nary business with nit them fires on the | hearthstone shone as brightly as on a moonless november evening and all din ner tables were set with lighted candles upon them as if it were the evening repast j the keenest eyes in doors could not see to read i lie common print so far beyond any ordinary fug was the effect that stages on the road either pur up at tbe nearest â– hotel during the mid-day hours or carried candles or lanterns lo enable the perplex ed driver to well see his way and the brute and feathered crealion seemed puzzled and agitated 1 he birds , ceased to fly and bid themselves in the : branches of the trees as the darkness i increased liny sing their evening songs â€¢ as ihey do al twilight and then became silent pigeons on ihe wi:ig took to the belter of iln forest as ihey do ar m'trht tbe whippo-w ill as if ii were truly night cheerfully sang his sn through tlic gloomy hours wood cocks which are , night birds whistled as they only do in * the night lime bits cum out of their hi(iiu*r places and flew about the fowls j marched solemnly to their roosts as they : do only at nightfall and atiei cackling 1 for i while ovei the mystery of so short i a day became still cocks crowed as is their custom at nightly intervals and tbe ! early breaking ot day frogs piped their evening concert aud dogs whined or howled and ran away as on the approach j of au earthquake the herds of cai tie on ! new england's thousand hills sought fhe shelter of the or barnyard low ing as ; ihey came lo iln gate and beep huddled iround lhe circle wiih their heads turned inward â€” ihe invariable token of appre â– bended danger on the human family the effect was j siill more curious and terrifying the mechanic hit bis tools iu the shop the tanner his plow in the furrow and each moved in silent and in irveling mood to | wards the barn or dwelling on the home threshold they were met by paie and an xious women who tremblingly inquired j whal is coming ?" theala med traveler , seeking the sympathy ofhis fellow man as one impressed with a sense of impend ing peril put up at tbe nearest house and mingled bis anxious questionings aud ' forebodings w iih those ofthe family â€” ; strong men met and spoke with surprise j on their countenances and little children j peered timidly into lhe deepening gloom i and then sought tbe sheltering parental j arms schools broki up in afright and i the wondering pupils scampered home ward with many expressions of childish ' e ar the inevitable candle shone out of t tbe windows of all dwellings every countenance gathered blackness all hearts were filled with fear of an approach ing unparalleled storm or the occurrence of a terrestial convulsion ; but it was not the blackness of the siorm cloud such as sometimes wiih a frightful airitatkm breaks over a single city ; it was the silent spreading of ihe pall cloth over the eaith by strong invisible hands many anec dotes of terror are rebiled in boston from the hours of eleven or one till three o'clock business was generally suspended and shops were closed at grmon a court was in session in a meeting house full of barge windows as was tin old style of houses of worship but at halt past eleven aii faces beg.ua to wear a sombre hue whereupon magistrate and people followed suit with new england and called for lighted candles connecticut went totally under the cio-ul the jour nal ol her house of representatives puts on record the fact that none could see to read or write in the hous or even at a window or distinguish persona at a small distance or perceive any distinction ot dress c in ihe circle of attendants therefore at eleven o'clock adjourned th house till two o'clock afternoon amid the deepening gloom lhat wrapp-d about the city darkened the rooms of lhe state house and set the lawgivers trembling wiih apprehension that tin day of judg ment was at baud when the motion id adjournment was made col abrara d.tvi nport afterward judge of stamford conn aud state councilor in the legis lative ch mber at haitford said i am against the at j urn ment either the day of judgment i at baud or it is not li it is not there is no cause lor adjournment if it is 1 wish to be found in the line of my duly i wish candles ta be brought the darkness of the day having been succeeded an hour or two before evening bv a partially clear sky and the shining of the sun still obscured by the black and vapory imst this interval with greater density thai rendered the first hill ofthe night hideously dark beyond all former experience of probably a million of people who saw it ana from the new york sun extraordinary cases there is a charge of murder pending in the london courts against a man or permuting himself to he shot the cir cumstances ofthe case are extraordinary in all re.-pects two young german jren tleuien ol respectable family visited lou don aud iu four days man aged to expen i the sum of 82 000 in the pursuit of pleas ure at the end of thai lime having ex hausted their money ihey came to the conclusion that there was nothing left to them worth living tor and agreed to die together a few lines ot farewell were written to some giils who bad assisted h their revelries after which they locked i heir door and stripped themselves or death one of the y.mng men i a tied paul mav stood up and the oilier sh..i him through the breast as may fell to the floor bis companion finished bis work bv shooting himself through the heart 1 1 so happened ihal may was not mortally wounded bill is in a fairway of recovery and when he is convalescent be is to be taken before the authorities to stand bis trial tor wilfully murdering thi companion who shot him in accordance with the verdict rendered by the coroner's jnn which investigated his case a in england where two pel sons mutually agree to com mit suicide together and only one dies the survivor is held guilty ofthe murder of the one who died some of the great est english judges have ruled that such is the law the last trial of this kmd occurred in the old bailey in 1838 when benjamin allison was indicted for the wilful murder of emma cripps a woman with whom be had been living the two had agreed to commit suicide t gether aud drank three parts of a cup of lauda num each the luge quantity produced vomiting in lhe mm and be survived â€” these tacts were proven iiii the trial and the man was convicted of murdering he woman aud sentenced to death from the new york world an extraordinary case of monomania is related iu a french exchange a well dressed educated gentleman recently ap peared before a magistrate and gave the olowiiig account ol himself my name is l . i am a teacher in a college of the depart ment of gers and have c um to pass the vacation iu my native town 1 come to ask you to be good enough to put me in some asylum until i can ovei come a dangerous monomania .*Â« liieli pos sesses me i am not mad but am simply seized with au irresistible desire tostrangle a child during tbe long nights as i lay sleeplessly in lie dorm toy of our college listening to the breathing of the scholars confided to my care 1 have felt the mosi extraordinauy sensations often have i got up and gone towards lhe bed of one of the boys with the full iuteulion of strangling bim to death but at tl e ino it ~ ment lhat i was about to seize him by tin neck i have succeeded by appealing o my rea-on and all the resources of my ni an in avoiding lhe committal of crime j happily managed lo ward off tbe dread ful impulse until vocation came bui lu ll.iy 1 feel that 1 can no longer resist even iu coining here to you i carcl iliy avoided meeting any child for bad ! done so 1 must have killed it al this mo ment a boy of fourteen years happened to be brought before the magistrate to an swer some charge against bim at th sight f the boy a mad glare seemed to dart from the eyes of the monomaniac as he rushed forward to seize him and was only prevented by the officers of the law the magistrate immediately sent the un fortunate man to a lunatic asylum that is the only one we havj hearj of in north carolina senator schurz vindicated : the panhrana ol h admiuisiration not long since invented a charge against seuaiur chutx tn the iff ct that a few years ago he fraudulently covey ed lands to . certain parties in waiertown u isconsin where in ti i m rly resided ihey areul so far as to say that be would in-ver dare again to show bis face in that town \\ eii senator schniz not only visited a'atertowl ihe other day bin he spoke there and his recepiiain was an ovation 1 liere were large delegations from adjt ceiat cities and tow ns and the streets w ere j â€¢_. ous with bauuers and resounded wiih the music of bauds aud the acclama tions of tin pea pie a dispatch says : the procession filed under an archway : of evergreens span ing lhe streets aud between houses draped witli flags and adorned with leafy garlands at the pi b ; be square wen gii/hcr ! 5 000 men and i women who welciued the speaker with cheer after cheer mr schuiz began his address with the remark lhat h â– is greatly pleased aud felt amply j tsl :: -n a-k us how we con stand i'leelev !â€¢ u i i.i r ye ar ? i lev hive wor shipped bim fiar 30 years we a i m â– - ci is do not ask a republican to abandon any nf bis principles nor do we off.*r to change ours we want a ew order ol things we only ask mr gireeley when he goes to washington that lie how as lhe b oks applause 1 do nol want an exposure tor vindictive purposes ; but on ly tor direction in the failure yums edto say thai ihere waa something wrong in new york and you were right s i we say there is something wrong -..: wash ington and and we demand to .-r the way in v inch he disposed in in speech last \\ edues diy l the pitiful aitempi t the stay-at iiome li.uib'ius to ilis.il ct former caÂ»n ieuei'ate soldi rs on account of the clause in tin l beral democratic plailorm refer ring in terms ol compliment to lhe i ui u soldiers sni geo goidou ; something has been said about thr pla.ik n lliu plail rm about doing b mor to the federal soldiers i aiming others in iln south hive been taunted with il iu georgia by some ol my btragbt-oui trieml wii if n recollection serves me right were not very rebellious durinjrthe war tbey say my blood must have curdled in my veins after consenting to support a candidate standing upon that pla.forni as 1 pissed bv the bat lie fields of virginia where my cotnrads lay buried now 1 have go this to say about thai : i am ready t'i honor any man who battles iu auy cause from a sense of duty 1 am ready lhat lhe north should pile to the very clouds their monumental blocks of granite to their brave soldiers and 1 claim that tbe higher they pile them lhe greater iri bate they pay to the brave men who held them in cluck lor foui years i utter a si-utimeut to-day which i would gladly utii-r in famuli hall boston and my speech i know would find au ech i in the heail of haucock au 1 all true men w hu toiighl on the ether side gordon gave expression ; o ihe senti ment of every true ex-confederate soldier death from lead pipe mr cut o.-good formerly proprietor of the sum init lliu-e in afhol died list week at salem missouri hi death resulted from the use of watter drawn through new bad pipe about two yt-.iis since this poison firrt showed itself al the tip of bis fingers gradually working into his arms aud in ... thence iniri bis heart resulting in his death sl louis hep iblican in pentenciug john g tffney of buffalo to be banged or murder the presiding oui-'e said yon are the victim of the 1 cowardly practice of carrying arms excellent criticism the new york world make the fol 1 lowing admirable criticism npon mr greeley's speeches that is alike felicitous uid just : thus fir they have been excellent aid ! pei haps i is not over praise to say ad i min-ble brief when the occasion calls i fur brevity ; longer when the occasion j jusiiti.-s mere full ess but never prolix or tedious ; perpetually varied according lo the audience simple spontaneous uu studia-d but tin . ff hand utterances of a ' m in of stable earnest civictious free ! from invective or any approach to dis courtesy and suffused with the healing i spirit of n naiiim.o.-.s p*:rin*.ism which : st ems to how as from an inexhaustible | fountain these ever ready aid always pertinent speeches wid r ';-- m . greeley i in the a siiuiiti-.u ol i - - ' *- v [ it tbey should have uo ... -'. a piomuliug s it another kadi al thief â€” 5*juo,uu!j stolen < ae of grant's officers iu the sub-trea surv in new ymk absconded 1 few daya o carrying ff two hundred ibousand iid ftln people's money when th di falcation or thelt was first announced it was bitterly denied by some of rant's l'i lsiiry â€¢ facials bul they lave at last been fairced to admit that a deficit of quite s200.th)l.i lias com lo light in the stamp accamnl ot i i johnson â€” the distinguish ed radical thief johnson hi cleared nut and the people have been left to foot | the bill this is another specimen of ran civil service reform and affords ! another strung argument in kadical â– mouths bu bis re-election we do hope hones men of al parties will now come i to the front hurl such men from power and inaugurate a reform with honest ho race greeley at its head â€” gvlhboro hessenger a petrified bab â€” a petrified baby has been exhumed from a chicago ccme i lery the 1 imi s report says : all save j ihe mother ol the little infant stood upon j ir but she bi came nearly frantic with x , citi mi ul frem the tiis moment that the b eiv wu9 exposi il to i w si â€¢ had en 'â– deavored lo take it from thee fi i crying , bittetly and wildly insisting npon taking it with lur to her home her husban held her back and would not allow ber io remove it the mother seemed nearly ; distracted with grief at the thought of its being re-intered it looked so natural and b antiful so like the baby that bhe had placed iu the grave ten years ag lhat ii bronght np all lor sorrow afret-h as ii he was but now laying tbe loved darling in lhe earth the body was re m ivi .!, with othi rs which the family ha come there to exhume to graceland and reburied the family in swedes and it was learned resul t -'. rt distance out of the city the child so remarkably pre served had beeu buried for mora than len year amos t akerm n â€” the baltimore gazette in an editorial on the decadence of ibe federal judiciary under republi can rub i bus speaks of akerman : the firsl lapse fiom the high standard which has heretofore regulated selection for this high - fsce * attorney-general whs uh-ii amos t akerman was disinterred in georgia aud brought (â€¢â€¢ washington so gross was the enrol if choice here that issnuiitio it to i tve been accidental tbe judges ofthe supreme t'liurt remonetw ted wiih the presidi t â€” a thing wi:hoe .,â– .- -. .; i â– -. ,., . ; : ; r opiah ion that th â– â€¢ * --- were not * aft in the bands of a - 2*gi ition a Â» hich tin prenid i nti '*, bnl finding bis attorney useful in sup-ii intei c ing tbe detective service in sooth and north carolina retained him at last the and â– ! became so great lhat akerman wa delegated to original insignificance and the present incumbenl wa substituted there was at oi.ee a sense of relief l --:*:â€¢- ! :: i poveett â€” s argent the united states senator elect from califor nia visit d philadelphia twenty five yeare ag > in gi ' â€¢â€¢-. irk as a jonrn \ man printer ; an ! failed ; l ub im the millionaire who has b en " â– both h mses a congress au4 governor of the state began life very ; poor broderirk was in new york a bow ! e;v bov in 1847 and tbe railroad kingej mosi of them began life as low dowu a the little bohemians at our corner the ons ofthe rich the educated darlinga ol lhe great families are nowhere all their jrjlt were so many fatal temptations and ihey themselves are forgotten like bed i copies of good pictures it i the rough brake that virtue must ro through â€” colonel forney's aae /â– .'- sof pumkmm â€” an industrious colored man john : (' irner residing m ir goi ishnro desiree | iufnrmaiii n about his son who was sold iin k nan ill at some time during the ui ter of i'-avi to a trailer named mr mccarther tbe said boy when - â€¢ w-a i very likely sprightly lad and i about seven \ ears old t a mu'att i ; Â» ! pb x : i-*i and answered to lhe name of al bert korii r gay address in formation eeer cerniiig this rn liter to bu i r'ad*\i an messenger mortal /â– * among negroes â€” the satis tics of charleston show that tase death among the negroes greatly exceed these among the whites in 1871 415 negrt children died and but 191 white cbildrÂ«tu i tbe negro population is one-twelfth yrreal er iban the white under ihe bla-ssi-j-r nf radicalism the negro is bound to dia appear as certainly as he indian â– â€¢*.â€¢ ' i ; d ue